Capitalism’s grow-or-die imperative stands radically at odds with ecology’s imperative of interdependence and limit. The two imperatives can no longer coexist with each other; nor can any society founded on the myth that they can be reconciled hope to survive. Either we will establish an ecological society or society will go under for everyone, irrespective of his or her status.

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We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable - but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words.

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No society can change the nature of existence. We can't prevent suffering. This pain and that pain, yes, but not Pain. A society can only relieve social suffering, unnecessary suffering. The rest remains. The root, the reality.

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No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.

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What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?

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You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.

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Elegance is a small price to pay for enlightenment, and I was glad to pay it.

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To see that your life is a story while you're in the middle of living it may be a help to living it well.

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The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.

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You sit down and you do it, and you do it, and you do it, until you have learned to do it.

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